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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Witton Shields like this:
WITTON-SHIELDS, a township in Long Horsley parish, Northumberland; 7 miles NW by W of Morpeth. Acres, 574. Pop., 19. Houses, 5.
Witton Shields is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Witton Shields itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Witton Shields in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9793
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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